Sinara Group is a Russian investment company founded in 2001 with holdings in the property development, transportation (rail) and financial services sectors.

History

The company was founded in 2001, and in 2004 acquired industrial and agricultural companys. In 2006 the group merged with Металлпром. The company division ОАО Синара – Транспортные Машины (Open joint stock company 'Sinara - transport machines') was formed in 2007, and the division Синара – Девелопмент (Sinara - development) was formed in 2009.

In 2009 Sinara Group and Siemens created a joint venture for the production of twin unit electric locomotive to be based at Sinara's Ural Locomotive works near Ekaterinburg.

Transport engineering and production

The group division ОАО "Синара – Транспортные машины" (Open joint stock company 'Sinara - transport machines') (STM) is based in Ekaterinburg and comprises ОАО "Уральский завод железнодорожного" (JSC Ural locomotive factory) in Verkhnyaya Pyshma

Verkhnyaya Pyshma

Verkhnyaya Pyshma is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, situated north of Yekaterinburg. Population: Postal code: 624080. International dialing code: +7 .-History:...

, the ОАО "Людиновский тепловозостроительный завод" (Lyudinovsky locomotive factory) in Lyudinovo

Lyudinovo

Lyudinovo is a town in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of the Lake Lompad formed by a dam on the Nepolot River. Lyudinovo is situated north of Bryansk and southwest of Kaluga. It serves as the administrative center of Lyudinovsky District, although it is not administratively a part...

, the ООО "Уральский дизель-моторный завод" (Ural diesel engine factory Ltd.) and the ООО "Центр инновационного развития СТМ" (STM research centre) in Ekaterinburg.

Property development

The group division "Синара – Девелопмент" (Sinara - development) includes ООО "фирма КОМ-БИЛДИНГ" (COM-Building company) based in Volgograd

Volgograd

Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...

, КОТ Новокольцовский (Novokoltsovsky development); a 600ha residential, commercial and industrial development near Ekaterinburg, the ОАО "Архыз-Синара" in Karachay-Cherkessia

Karachay-Cherkessia

The Karachay-Cherkess Republic , or Karachay-Cherkessia is a federal subject of Russia . Population: -Geography:*Area: *Borders:**internal: Krasnodar Krai , Kabardino-Balkar Republic , Stavropol Krai ....

, the ОАО "Центральный стадион" (Central Stadium company) in Ekaterinburg; a sports arena development, and ЗАО "Интурист-Синара" (Intourist-Sinara); a joint venture with Intourist

Intourist

Intourist is a Russian travel agency, 66%-owned by Moscow-based holding company Sistema.Before privatisation in 1992, Intourist was renowned as the official state travel agency of the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1929 by Joseph Stalin and was staffed by NKVD and later KGB officials...

 headquartered in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

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Financial services

The financial services division includes the ООО "СИНАРА-ИНВЕСТ" (Sinara invest) and ОАО "СКБ-банк" (SKB-Bank), both in Ekaterinburg.

Other business areas

The group has holdings in the agricultural business area via ОАО "Каменское", hotels and tourism via ОАО "Пансионат отдыха Бургас" based in Sochi

Sochi

Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...

, and energy business via ЗАО "Синэрго" in Ekaterinburg.